Five Killed, 108 Wounded in Attack on US Base in Afghanistan | 77 US soldiers among the wounded
Five Killed, 108 Wounded in Attack on US Base in Afghanistan
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US Soldiers See Afghan War Continuing Long Past 2014
US Soldiers See Afghan War Continuing Long Past 2014 | Ten years in, is war closer to end or beginning?
‘Civilian Surge’ in Afghanistan: $1.7 Billion and Growing
‘Civilian Surge’ in Afghanistan: $1.7 Billion and Growing | Each civilian employee costs $500,000 per year
NATO Admits Killing BBC Journalist
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has admitted killing BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak in July. Khpulwak was one of 19 people killed when US-NATO forces battled insurgents in the town of Tarin Kowt in southern Uruzgan...
Afghan Officials Reject UN Report Exposing Torture
An as yet unpublished United Nations report criticizes the US-supported Afghan government for torturing detained prisoners with beatings, sexual assault, and electric shock treatment. The report recommends NATO to suspend prisoner transfers to some detention...
NATO Ends Detainee Transfers to Afghan Govt Over Torture Evidence
NATO Ends Detainee Transfers to Afghan Govt Over Torture Evidence | UN investigation reveals ‘systematic torture’
US Sends Billions in Equipment That Kabul Can’t Afford
In an attempt to hide the Afghan government's military dependency on the United States, the US is sending $2.7 billion of military equipment to the beleaguered, corrupt Afghan government. But neither government can afford it. Preceding the NATO pull out in 2014, the...
Crocker: US Must Stay in Afghanistan Because of 9/11
Crocker: US Must Stay in Afghanistan Because of 9/11 | Not occupying Afghanistan a risk ‘no sane person’ would take
Data Shows Afghan Troops Deserting at Growing Rates
Data Shows Afghan Troops Deserting at Growing Rates | Nearly 25,000 deserted in last six months
Killings of Afghan Police Soaring
Killings of Afghan Police Soaring | Poorly paid, barely trained police an easy target
